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Boutry J, Dujon AM, Gerard AL, Tissot S, Macdonald N, Schultz A, Biro PA, Beckmann C, Hamede R, Hamilton DG, Giraudeau M, Ujvari B, Thomas F. Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Anticancer Adaptations. iScience 2020; 23:101716. [PMID: 33241195 PMCID: PMC7674277 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Cellular cheating leading to cancers exists in all branches of multicellular life, favoring the evolution of adaptations to avoid or suppress malignant progression, and/or to alleviate its fitness consequences. Ecologists have until recently largely neglected the importance of cancer cells for animal ecology, presumably because they did not consider either the potential ecological or evolutionary consequences of anticancer adaptations. Here, we review the diverse ways in which the evolution of anticancer adaptations has significantly constrained several aspects of the evolutionary ecology of multicellular organisms at the cell, individual, population, species, and ecosystem levels and suggest some avenues for future research.
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- Justine Boutry
- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES), MIVEGEC, Unité Mixte de Recherches, IRD 224–CNRS 5290–Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES), MIVEGEC, Unité Mixte de Recherches, IRD 224–CNRS 5290–Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia France
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES), MIVEGEC, Unité Mixte de Recherches, IRD 224–CNRS 5290–Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES), MIVEGEC, Unité Mixte de Recherches, IRD 224–CNRS 5290–Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia France
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia France
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia France
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia France
- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES), MIVEGEC, Unité Mixte de Recherches, IRD 224–CNRS 5290–Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia France
- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES), MIVEGEC, Unité Mixte de Recherches, IRD 224–CNRS 5290–Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Perret C, Gidoin C, Ujvari B, Thomas F, Roche B. Predation shapes the impact of cancer on population dynamics and the evolution of cancer resistance. Evol Appl 2020; 13:1733-1744. [PMID: 32821280 PMCID: PMC7428821 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancer is a widespread disease that affects most of the metazoans. However, cancer development is a slow process and, long before causing the death of the individual, may weaken organisms' capacities and impair their interactions with other species. Yet, the impact of cancer development on biotic interactions, and over the dynamics of the whole ecosystem, is still largely unexplored. As well, the feedback of altered biotic interactions on the evolution of resistance against cancer in the context of community ecology has not been investigated. From this new perspective, we theoretically investigate how cancer can challenge expected interaction outcomes in a predator-prey model system, and how, in return, these altered interaction outcomes could affect evolution of resistance mechanism against cancer. First, we demonstrate a clear difference between prey and predator vulnerability to cancer, with cancer having a limited impact on prey populations. Second, we show that biotic interactions can surprisingly lead to a null or positive effect of cancer on population densities. Finally, our evolutionary analysis sheds light on how biotic interactions can lead to diverse resistance levels in predator populations. While its role in ecosystems is mostly unknown, we demonstrate that cancer in wildlife is an important ecological and evolutionary force to consider.
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- Cédric Perret
- CREEC/CREESUMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de MontpellierMontpellierFrance
- Present address:
School of Computing, Engineering & Digital TechnologiesTeeside UniversityMiddlesbroughUK
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- CREEC/CREESUMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de MontpellierMontpellierFrance
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- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityVictoriaAustralia
- School of Natural SciencesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- CREEC/CREESUMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de MontpellierMontpellierFrance
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- CREEC/CREESUMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de MontpellierMontpellierFrance
- Unité mixte internationale de Modélisation Mathématique et Informatique des Systèmes Complexes (UMI IRD/ Sorbonne Université, UMMISCO)Bondy CedexFrance
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AbstractAlthough there is a plethora of cancer associated-factors that can ultimately culminate in death (cachexia, organ impairment, metastases, opportunistic infections, etc.), the focal element of every terminal malignancy is the failure of our natural defences to control unlimited cell proliferation. The reasons why our defences apparently lack efficiency is a complex question, potentially indicating that, under Darwinian terms, solutions other than preventing cancer progression are also important contributors. In analogy with host-parasite systems, we propose to call this latter option ‘tolerance’ to cancer. Here, we argue that the ubiquity of oncogenic processes among metazoans is at least partially attributable to both the limitations of resistance mechanisms and to the evolution of tolerance to cancer. Deciphering the ecological contexts of alternative responses to the cancer burden is not a semantic question, but rather a focal point in understanding the evolutionary ecology of host-tumour relationships, the evolution of our defences, as well as why and when certain cancers are likely to be detrimental for survival.
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Lemaître J, Pavard S, Giraudeau M, Vincze O, Jennings G, Hamede R, Ujvari B, Thomas F. Eco‐evolutionary perspectives of the dynamic relationships linking senescence and cancer. Funct Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Jean‐François Lemaître
- Université de Lyon, F‐69000, Lyon; Université Lyon 1; CNRS, UMR5558 Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive F‐69622 Villeurbanne France
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- Unité Eco-anthropologie (EA), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS 7206 Université Paris Diderot Paris France
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- Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology Group Babeş‐Bolyai University Cluj‐Napoca Romania
- Department of Tisza Research MTA Centre for Ecological Research Debrecen Hungary
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences Deakin University Waurn Ponds Victoria Australia
- School of Natural Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences Deakin University Waurn Ponds Victoria Australia
- School of Natural Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences Deakin University Waurn Ponds Victoria Australia
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Jacqueline C, Biro PA, Beckmann C, Moller AP, Renaud F, Sorci G, Tasiemski A, Ujvari B, Thomas F. Cancer: A disease at the crossroads of trade-offs. Evol Appl 2017; 10:215-225. [PMID: 28250806 PMCID: PMC5322410 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Central to evolutionary theory is the idea that living organisms face phenotypic and/or genetic trade-offs when allocating resources to competing life-history demands, such as growth, survival, and reproduction. These trade-offs are increasingly considered to be crucial to further our understanding of cancer. First, evidences suggest that neoplastic cells, as any living entities subject to natural selection, are governed by trade-offs such as between survival and proliferation. Second, selection might also have shaped trade-offs at the organismal level, especially regarding protective mechanisms against cancer. Cancer can also emerge as a consequence of additional trade-offs in organisms (e.g., eco-immunological trade-offs). Here, we review the wide range of trade-offs that occur at different scales and their relevance for understanding cancer dynamics. We also discuss how acknowledging these phenomena, in light of human evolutionary history, may suggest new guidelines for preventive and therapeutic strategies.
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- Camille Jacqueline
- CREECMontpellier Cedex 5France
- MIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5France
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- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVICAustralia
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- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVICAustralia
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- Ecologie Systématique EvolutionUniversité Paris‐SudCNRSAgroParisTechUniversité Paris‐Saclay, F‐91405 Orsay CedexFrance
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- CREECMontpellier Cedex 5France
- MIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5France
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- BiogéoSciencesCNRS UMR 6282Université de BourgogneDijonFrance
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- Unité d'EvolutionEcologie et Paléontologie (EEP) Université de Lille 1 CNRS UMR 8198groupe d'Ecoimmunologie des AnnélidesVilleneuve‐d'AscqFrance
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- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVICAustralia
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- CREECMontpellier Cedex 5France
- MIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5France
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Arnal A, Jacqueline C, Ujvari B, Leger L, Moreno C, Faugere D, Tasiemski A, Boidin‐Wichlacz C, Misse D, Renaud F, Montagne J, Casali A, Roche B, Mery F, Thomas F. Cancer brings forward oviposition in the fly Drosophila melanogaster. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:272-276. [PMID: 28070290 PMCID: PMC5214257 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Hosts often accelerate their reproductive effort in response to a parasitic infection, especially when their chances of future reproduction decrease with time from the onset of the infection. Because malignancies usually reduce survival, and hence potentially the fitness, it is expected that hosts with early cancer could have evolved to adjust their life-history traits to maximize their immediate reproductive effort. Despite the potential importance of these plastic responses, little attention has been devoted to explore how cancers influence animal reproduction. Here, we use an experimental setup, a colony of genetically modified flies Drosophila melanogaster which develop colorectal cancer in the anterior gut, to show the role of cancer in altering life-history traits. Specifically, we tested whether females adapt their reproductive strategy in response to harboring cancer. We found that flies with cancer reached the peak period of oviposition significantly earlier (i.e., 2 days) than healthy ones, while no difference in the length and extent of the fecundity peak was observed between the two groups of flies. Such compensatory responses to overcome the fitness-limiting effect of cancer could explain the persistence of inherited cancer-causing mutant alleles in the wild.
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- Audrey Arnal
- CREECMIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 6450134394Montpellier Cedex 5France
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- CREECMIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 6450134394Montpellier Cedex 5France
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- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVic.Australia
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- CREECMIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 6450134394Montpellier Cedex 5France
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- Laboratoire Évolution, Génomes, et SpéciationUnité Propre de Recherche 9034Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France; Université Paris‐Sud 1191405OrsayFrance
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- CREECMIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 6450134394Montpellier Cedex 5France
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- CREECMIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 6450134394Montpellier Cedex 5France
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- CREECMIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 6450134394Montpellier Cedex 5France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)CNRSUniversité Paris‐SudCEA, UMR919891190Gif‐sur‐YvetteFrance
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)BarcelonaSpain
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- CREECMIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 6450134394Montpellier Cedex 5France
- International Center for Mathematical and Computational Modelling of Complex Systems (UMI IRD/UPMC UMMISCO)32 Avenue Henri Varagnat93143Bondy CedexFrance
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- Laboratoire Évolution, Génomes, et SpéciationUnité Propre de Recherche 9034Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France; Université Paris‐Sud 1191405OrsayFrance
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- CREECMIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 6450134394Montpellier Cedex 5France
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